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Calling it names doesn't make it not Spanish. Borrowed words doesn't make it not Spanish. Otherwise using tique or tiquete would make it "Franish" as much as using "ticket" would make it "Spanglish".
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hippietrailNov 27 '11 at 12:11

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Pasaje and billete are usually used in the transportation sector (pasaje de tren, billete de avión, etc.). Boleto is commonly used in the lottery and gambling world (boleto de lotería), but can also be used in the same way as pasaje and billete.

Entrada refers to a ticket to a show or a generic event.

Resguardo is usually a paper that certifies something (a comercial transaction, a bureaucratic affair, a package delivery, the delivery of a document...).

No problem. I had to check because the word I always used for receipt was recibo.
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hippietrailNov 23 '11 at 10:33

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As I said in my answer there are a lot of highly localized usage there. In Argentina, for example, "billete" is for money or lottery ticket ONLY, "boleto" is for ground transportation ticket (bus, train, but never airplane or ship. Those use "pasaje") :). Also "boleto" is used in the sense you mentioned "resguardo", as in "boleto de venta" (a legal promise to sell a property)
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belisariusNov 23 '11 at 16:12

Boleto, pasaje, billete and ticket (and tiquete) have different local precise meanings, but are usually understandable by almost anyone.

Entrada, refers usually to a ticket you have to show up at the entrance (in the cinema, for example).

Resguardo is not an usual word for a ticket, but I heard it used referring to the part of the ticket stripped from the main body which allows you to exit from some place where you could only enter with a ticket and the going back in (showing the resguardo)